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Match Report
El Borinot
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35,
Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Cassius Byrne made the kick off and thus started the match. Kamal Pahlevi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tirant lo Blanch's attentive Song Peng Han managed to snatch the ball when Raphael Moore made a throw-in in the 6th minute of the game. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonard Treppa, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Leonard Treppa's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 11thth minute, Marco Day skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pitin Vallejo was slow to take the kick. During this time Tirant lo Blanch's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Pitin Vallejo almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but USA's Marco Day did a great save. After a defensive mix-up in USA's zone, Leonard Treppa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marco Day came out of the goal and Leonard Treppa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Kamal Pahlevi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 20th minute of play. The supporters of USA booed when Tirant lo Blanch was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pitin Vallejo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kamal Pahlevi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 26th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Leonard Treppa got free with Marco Day in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 31st minute, Raphael Moore hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kamal Pahlevi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 35th minute of the match. Kamal Pahlevi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 41st minute of the match. Radomil Barciniak kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Tirant lo Blanch's Kamal Pahlevi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 46th minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Leonard Treppa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonard Treppa, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. 55 minutes into the match, Tirant lo Blanch's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Kamal Pahlevi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kamal Pahlevi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Tirant lo Blanch's Kamal Pahlevi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Tirant lo Blanch from getting a goal against them. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonard Treppa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Leonard Treppa in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Leonard Treppa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. García Diez hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Tirant lo Blanch's Carmen Paniagua was substituted for Leonard Treppa. Tirant lo Blanch made a substitution. Dabi Barba replaced Song Peng Han. 75 minutes had been played when some careless play by Tirant lo Blanch's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Monty Rogers was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. The supporters of Tirant lo Blanch booed when USA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diego Bradley didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 75th minute, Diego Bradley fired away a hard free kick towards the goal. Kamal Pahlevi moved to his left, but didn't have to make a save as the ball went out of bounds. Kamal Pahlevi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khalid Parry in the 82nd minute of play. After some careless play in the USA defense, Carmen Paniagua kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marco Day. The USA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marco Day should have stopped the shot. In the 88th minute, Pitin Vallejo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kamal Pahlevi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khalid Parry, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 92nd minute, USA's Khalid Parry ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Kamal Pahlevi. Kamal Pahlevi yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. After 95 minutes of play, Tirant lo Blanch's Carmen Paniagua made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marco Day was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Tirant lo Blanch players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.
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